Drinking-fountain.



P. J. MADIGAN.

DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1912.

1,076,988. Patented 011128,1913.

a cup or other vessel to be lled therefrom, f all lofwhich ishereinafter more particularly UNiTED s'rarns ra'rmvr onirica.

Y PATRICK J. iviAnIGAN, or onicneo, Himmels.

'I DRINKING-FOUNTAIN l Specification of Letters artent. A di Patented oet. as, 191e.

A-ppiication med septemberA iaieia. semaine. 719,988. f v

To @ZZV/whom 1l/may concern VBe i lfknown'that I, PATRICK'J.MAD1GAN, a citizen of the yUnited States, Aresiding at Chicago, in the county of Cook yand State of Illinois, have invented certain new .andY useful Improvements in Drinking-Fountains, of which the .following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying draw-Y ings, .forming a part of this specification, in

among others, beingto so construct said de-L vice as to insure `a flow or bubble of substantially uniform .height above the outlet while maintaining such a contour as not to interfere with the act ofdrinking.

A further object Vis to provide means whereby the overflow may be so directed by a trough or conduit to a spout, as to enable described and definitely .pointed out in the claims. j lIn the drawings Figure 1, is a plan view ofya fountain bowl embodying the features of my invention, Fig. 2, is a vertical s ectional view thereof taken upon the line 2-, Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrow there shown, Fig. 3, is a plan, partly in secy tion, taken upon the line 3, Fig. 2, and Fig.

4, is a plan, partly in) section, taken-upon the i line 4-, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1, Figs. 1 and, 2, represents generally a hollow bowl-like casing formed from metal or other suitable material, which is drawn inwardly toward the top, as shown at 2,V and there provided with a relatively large central discharge opening 3. A screw-threaded opening, preferably of about the same diameter as that of the opening 3, is formed in the'bottom of vthe casing 1, into which is tapped a plug 4, having a screw-threaded bore eX- tending upwardly from the bottom thereof nearly to the top, to serve as a means for attaching the same to awater-supply pipe 5, Fig. 2. Said plug is provided with a `cen` tral vertical extension 6, which iscentrally' bored and screw-threaded for the receptionv upon .or attached yto its upper end,` a .disklike -de'liector 8,-whi'chfis substantially concentric therewithv and of adiameter preferably correspondingsubstantially to that of. the opening 3. V,Theunder face of said de- :flector is .preferably flat, whilev the upper side is conoidal in form with the apex vof the conesubstantially `concentric with the axis of the stemaV Ag'cylindrical. deflecting hood or member, generally designated by 49, Figs. 2 and 3, is located immediately above and concentric with the eXtensionG, vsaid member being provided with a central screw-threaded bore for lofa.-'threadedgstem'1,havingrigidly formed i l vthe .reception of the stem 7, whichfis passed f through it as shown. Said cylindrical deflector .is provided with aV horizontal bodyportion 10, having a depending vperipheral flange 11., the bottom of which is sufficiently raised-.above the top of the plug 4, .to permit .the free passage of water.

. a Thedeilect 8,. is intended to be adjusted in height in' its relation to theV malin discharge 'opening to-iconforni to varying requirements of water pressure. This maybeaccomp'lished 'by loosening the lmember 9,

which acts as a `.lock-nut, turning the stem 7 to secure the desired vradjustment and then screwing the member 9. down to loc-lr it .in f place.

l The plug 4, isvprovided withv a plurality 'of .vertical bores or supply openings 12, lWhicliserve to direct jets vof`water up` wardly beneath the body of .the deflector 9; Similar Yopenings 13, are formed in said body, through whichv jets of'water may flow upwardly around the stem 7, against the bot- VVtom ofthe deflector 8. An outwardly .and

upwardly projecting flange 14, is formed uponthe periphery of the bowl, preferably near the top, which forms a trough or conduit around the bowl, communicating with a spout 15, for the purpose hereinafter stated.

The operation of said device is as follows: Water under pressure, Vbeing admit-ted through the service-pipe 5, is projected upwardly into the cylindrical deflector 9, against the under face of the body 10, but not directly into the openings13 which are somewhat out of alinement, with the -open-y ings 12. The main" body of the inflowing water is, therefore, 'directed downwardly and laterally beneath the depending flange 11, into contact` with the inner. wall of the ioo bowl, from whence it is deflected upwardly and thence inwardly ytoward the annularr opening between the periphery of the de flector 8 and the main outlet opening 3. A portion of the water, however, is caused to flow upwardly in vertical jets around the stem 7 and against the bottom of the delector S, by which it is spread laterally and caused to meet the upward and inward low described from the walls of the bowl. This counter-flow so breaksthe force of that opposing it that a concidal-shaped bubble of the desired height and force is form-ed above the deflector 8, which bubble is caused to maintain its form without irregularity or spurting. The shape and` height of the bubble may be varied by adjusting the height of the delector 8, which may be readily adapted to varying degrees of, pressure. The' overflow from the discharge opening is caught by the flange 14, and is directed through the trough formed thereby to the spout 15, which may be utilized for lilling cups 0r other receptacles.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction shown, inasmuch as it may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having ythus described my invention7 what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. The combination in a drinking-foun tain, 0f a hollow casing having an upwardly directed intake opening at the bottom and a `discharge opening at the top, the walls of said casing being drawn .inwardly toward said discharge opening, a central support within said casing, a hollow cylindrical deliecting hood open at the bottom, said hood being mounted upon said central support above said intake opening and provided with a plurality of openings in the top, there being a space between the bottom of said hood and that of said casing, and a disk-like delector above said hood, said delector having a screw/threaded stem eX- tending through the top of said hood and tapped into said central support.

2. The combination in a drinking-fountain, of a hollow casing having therein a central support eXtendlng upwardly from the bottom, said support being surrounded 3. The combination in a drinking-ouny tain of a hollow casing having therein an upwardly directed intake opening, a central support extending upwardly from the bottom of said casing, the upper walls of the latter being drawn inwardly to a discharge opening at the top, a controlling disk hav ing a diameter not exceeding that of said discharge opening, said disk having a screw threaded stem tapped into said central support to provide for the vertical adjustment of said disk to conform to varying water pressures and a hollow cylindrical hood located between said disk and the bottom of said casing, there being a space between the bottom of the hood and the bottom of the casing to permit a lateral out-flow beneath PATRICK J. MADIGAN.

lWitnesses DAVID H. FLETCHER, JENNIE L. Fisnn.

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